Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

The fortified area of ​​the enemy in Avdiivka still hangs like a wedge over the Donetsk agglomeration.

It is impossible to attack there in the direct sense of the word. Very difficult. In a good way, there is no task to attack. The strategic task here is to bind the enemy in positions so that he does not leave from there, to tie him up in battle so that he does not retreat. And the wedges must close. Because if the enemy runs, then the whole line will roll, so they try, roughly speaking, not to let go of the enemy.

All frontal movements and losses here are miscalculations at the tactical level, since the idea was originally to tie up in battle, and not attack head-on. The tactical link, apparently, decided to execute in its own way, showing the initiative, which led to losses. The same thing happened in a number of settlements in the Luhansk direction, when they decided to do without attached forces, but everything came at a high price and was ineffective.

We are talking about a lot of managerial mistakes, which sometimes looks like sabotage.

Captured Ukrainian officer labels US-supplied Javelins ‘useless’

The Kiev troops defending Mariupol couldn’t fire a single US-made missile, the captured officer claims

The US-made Javelin anti-tank systems have been praised for their effectiveness by Washington officials and have been turned by Western Media into a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance in the conflict with Russia. But a commander of the Ukrainian marines, who ended up being captured during the fighting for Mariupol, has revealed to RT that the hardware doesn’t really live up to the claims.

“The Javelins didn’t prove useful, especially in urban warfare,” Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk, the commander of Ukraine’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, said.

https://thepressunited.com/updates/captured-ukrainian-officer-labels-us-supplied-javelins-useless/